She said that the budget allocated to the Ministry of Child and Women has increased from Rs 60 crores in 2009-10 to Rs 1472 crores just as of last year for child welfare.
Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani attended the 'National Annual Stakeholders Consultation on Child Protection' event organised by the Supreme Court Committee on Saturday.
Heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the historic passage of the women's reservation Bill in Parliament on Thursday, Union Minister Smriti Irani said the legislative feat only goes to show that "Modi Hai Toh Mumkin Hai" (Nothing is impossible when PM Modi is there) is not
Smriti Mandhana-led Team India reached the semifinals of the Asian Games after their quarterfinal match against Malaysia was called off due to rain here at Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field on Thursday.
"What a better way to begin Parliamentary innings for any parliamentarian than with the passage of a bill that scores of women were waiting for. It is yet to pass in the Rajya Sabha, I know but as a Lok Sabha member, I am extremely privileged to have not only viewed history but also particip
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday took a jibe at the Congress party and criticised everyone for now taking credit for the Women's Reservation Bill adding that success has many fathers and failure has none.
The Indian women's cricket team will be playing at the Asian Games for the first time in China's Hangzhou and is gearing up for the continental contest
Maharashtra Leader of Opposition and Congress Leader Vijay Wadettiwar recently targeted Smriti Irani over her ‘Gandhi family is only interested in empowering women in their family’ remark by saying, “The woman who enters other people's houses and owns the property of the rich has no right to
"BJP and Prime Minister have given a portfolio for her (Smriti Irani) to abuse the Congress party and Gandhis. She is doing that duty to appease her master," Venugopal said while speaking to reporters on Tuesday.
"Gandhi Family is only interested in empowering the women in their family. They are not interested in empowering the women in poor or Adivasi or Dalit women, Union Minister Smriti Irani said.